Android app malware had more than 2.1 million downloads
The cybersecurity company Symantec has identified a new wave of Android apps with malware that has been downloaded more than 2.1 million times on the Google Play Store. Altogether …
Etiqueta: Malware
Android 7.0 Nougat will prevent the use of mobile phones infected with malware
Google explained that Android 7.0 Nougat offers a breakthrough in protecting personal data and system integrity by preventing the startup of phones infected with malware. According to the company, …
Android 4.2 scans apps for malware
The recent acquisition of VirusTotal may have links with this new feature on Android: Google announced that version 4.2 (Jelly Bean) brings an application verification system that is able …
Apps with new Joker malware have been downloaded more than 500,000 times
Check Point’s digital security researchers on Thursday announced the discovery of a new variant of the Joker malware for Android. Experts estimate that the 11 apps with the malicious …
Apps with Joker malware have been downloaded almost half a million times
CSIS security experts have identified a new Android malware called Joker, present in 24 apps regularly offered on the Google Play Store and which together total almost half a …
About malware found in the Ubuntu Snap Store
This week we had the news that there was a game inside Canonical’s Snap Store that had cryptocurrency mining properties. Something that turned on the alerts from the Linux …
Cryptocurrency mining malware can affect linux
It is common to hear the following statement: “Linux has no virus”And this is far from reality. It is true that systems based on Linux, have a very high …
72% of business computers infected with malware
According to Panda Security, 72 percent of companies and 23 percent of individual users have their computers infected with malware, applications designed to infiltrate equipment, without consent, through spyware …
Crackers test malware before launching it
Gone are the days when the computer experts behind the malware circulating on the Internet wanted fame and media coverage. Today the priority goes to the description and effectiveness …
5 signs that your Android is infected with malware
Installing apps outside of the Google Play app store can increase the chance of a malware infection – malicious apps that take control of your device or work in …
5 million new malware threats in the last quarter
Between July and September, five million new species of software malicious, PandaLabs reveals in its most recent quarterly report. The majority of new species registered are related to bank …
250 million emails may have been hacked by Trickbot malware
More than 250 million email accounts may have been hacked and used to spread Trickbot malware on the Internet, according to a survey by digital security firm DeepInstinct. The …
Coronavirus scams distribute malware on mobile phones; how to protect yourself
Hackers are taking advantage of the coronavirus pandemic to trick users and scam the Internet. One of the most recent threats is CovidLock, a ransomware discovered on Friday (13) …
Ford used to distribute malware
The Ford car brand is being used to distribute malware. The alert is from PandaLabs which in searches identified 1.2 million pages with malicious results in some way related …
Company sells malware as a monitoring tool for mobile phones
It is called FlexiSpy and is presented as a monitoring tool for children and spouses for mobile phones, but according to F-Secure, the application marketed by Vervata that, among …
